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The Pay Gap Graphic That Shocked The Heck Out Of Me

One day in April each year is recognized as the symbolic day that women finally catch up to the pay that men earned in last year. See anything wrong with that picture?

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Brandon Weber

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Just to head off some comments like, “Since women have to take time off to take care of kids and therefore are not as career-focused as men, of course they will make less, blah blah blah,” I will answer in advance with this: Tellya what, I’d prefer to live in a society that truly values children and rewards those who take the time to nurture them by allowing mothers and fathers to take paid time off as needed and not penalizing them for doing so. You?
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